Backend Developer

Job Role Java lead

Experience 8+ years

Notice period Immediate

Location Bangalore

Note: OMS & Retail domain Experience is mandatory

Introduction

We are seeking a Development Lead (Dev Lead / Technical Lead) with strong hands-on experience in Java and

Microservices to lead a team of developers in designing, developing, and delivering high-quality, scalable

applications. The role requires a balance of coding, technical decision-making, and team mentorship.

Job Description

• Create, design, and implement layouts for new and existing software solutions.

• Must be able to lead a team of engineers and ensure high quality software delivery from the team. Be

approachable to the team members.

• Take complete ownership of the Design that they are responsible for.

• Ability to understand business requirements of clients and translate them into technical requirements.

• Identify impacts of planned work on existing functionality.

• Plan and estimate work to be completed.

• Conduct code reviews to ensure that the software deliverables are of the highest quality.

• Keep an eye on the Tech Debt and plan for managing at an acceptable level.

• Lead interactions with clients from a Tech team perspective.

Certifications :

• Oracle Certified Java Professional

• Spring Certified Professional

• Any NoSql / Cassandra / MongoDB certified developer

• GCP, AWS, & Azure Certified (Mandatory)

• Any retail OMS / Supply Chain product certifications

Primary Skills :

• 8+ years of proven experience in the industry, with at least 2 years as an Lead or similar role designing

and developing enterprise-scale applications.

• Bachelors in engineering / technology (4 year) or master's in computer applications (2 year)

• Must possess at least 6+ years of Software development experience.

• Expert knowledge in at least one object-oriented programming language like Java, one backend

framework like Spring Boot / Node JS, one UI framework like React JS / Angular JS and RDBMS or NoSQL

database.

• Excellent knowledge of front-end programming languages, such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and AngularJS,

with the ability to render server-side and client-side content.

• Helps identify newer practices and adoption of existing ones. Ensure that the code quality is maintained

via own and/or peer code reviews.

• Can lead the team in delivery of backend and user interface code. Ensure that the DevOps tasks are

executed well.

• Ensure that the software has the correct level of logging & monitoring in Production and LLEs.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication. Must understand the client’s business requirements and

translate them into software requirements. Has a view of the deliverable timeline and escalates when

needed.

• Ability to articulate technical designs & develop documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts etc.

• Experience in implementing OMS products for retail customers will be an added advantage.

• Ability to do estimation for the given requirements.

• Ability to lead technical discussions with clients.

• Must be able to do quick proofs of concepts and demos based on client requirements.

• Provide timely feedback on the performance of team members.

• Conduct interviews & provide feedback to achieve hiring objectives.

• Contributes to organization building functions such as hiring, training, mentoring, team building.

Secondary Skills:

• Participate in daily scrum calls and provide status updates, address issues proactively, and timely

reporting of risks to project managers.

• Take complete ownership of the non-functional requirements around Performance, Security/Compliance,

i18n/l10n, etc.

• Capable of leading a high-performance team in a two-week iteration cadence with frequent product

deliveries.

• Ability to socialize designs/ideas and collaborate with stakeholders.

• Self-motivated and works with minimal direction.

This Is NOT a Typical Java Role If your experience is mostly CRUD APIs, controller wiring, or shallow service layers — this role is not for you. We are looking for a top tier backend engineer who thrives on: 

* Designing complex algorithms 

* Building high-performance, memory-efficient systems 

* Owning deep backend logic that actually moves the needle 

You will work close to the core engine of the product, not the edges.

What You’ll Be Trusted With 

* Architect and build backend systems that must perform under load 

* Design and implement custom algorithms for real-world, non-trivial problems 

* Solve performance bottlenecks involving CPU, memory, I/O, and concurrency 

* Build backend services where latency, throughput, and correctness matter 

* Own document & PDF processing pipelines end-to-end:     

-Composition     

-Rendering     

-Optimization     

- High-volume generation 

* Make hard technical decisions and stand by them

Non-Negotiable Skills 

* Exceptional Java expertise (Core Java, Spring Boot, Java 8+) 

* Strong command over:     

• Data structures & algorithms 
• Multithreading & concurrency models     
• JVM internals & memory management 

* Proven experience building custom algorithms (this will be evaluated) 

* Deep backend engineering experience with Spring / Spring Boot 

* Strong understanding of:     

• API design principles     
• Fault tolerance & resilience     
•  Performance tuning & profiling 

* Ability to reason about time complexity, space complexity, and trade-offs 

* Strong database fundamentals (query optimization, indexing, transactions) 

* Experience with message brokers (ActiveMQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ) 

* Exposure to Kubernetes-based deployments or large-scale microservices 

Interview Focus (Be Prepared) 

* Algorithm design & problem solving 

* Deep Java fundamentals 

* System design discussions (backend-heavy) 

* Performance tuning scenarios 

* Real-world debugging and optimization challenges

Strong Software Engineering Profile

Mandatory (Experience 1): Must have 7+ years of experience using Python to design software solutions.

Mandatory (Skills 1): Strong working experience with Python (with Django framework experience) and Microservices architecture is a must.

Mandatory (Skills 2): Must have experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka

Mandatory (Skills 3): Must have Experience in DevOps practices and container orchestration using Kubernetes, along with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure

Mandatory (Company): Product companies, Experience working in fintech, banking, or product companies is a plus.

Mandatory (Education): From IIT (Candidate should have done bachelor degree Btech or Dual degree Btech+Mtech or Intergrated Msc), From other premium institutes NIT, MNNIT, VITS, BITS (Candidates should have done B.E/B.Tech)

Preferred

Preferred (Skills 1): Experience in Task Queues like Celery and RabbitMQ is preferred.

Preferred (Skills 2): Experience with RDBMS/SQL is also preferrable.

Preferred (Education): Computer science

What You will do

● Create beautiful software experiences for our clients using design thinking, lean and agile methodology.

● Work on software products designed from scratch using the latest cutting edge technologies, platforms and languages such as JAVA, python, Javascript, GoLang and Scala.

● Work in a dynamic, collaborative, transparent, non-hierarchical culture.

● Work in collaborative, fast-paced and value-driven teams to build innovative customer experiences for our clients.

● Help to grow the next generation of developers and have a positive impact on the industry.

Basic Qualifications

● Experience: 4+ years.

● Hands-on development experience with a broad mix of languages such as JAVA, Python, Javascript etc.

● Server-side development experience mainly in JAVA, (Python and nodeJS can be considerable)

● UI development experience in ReactJS or AngularJS or PolymerJS or EmberJS or Jquery etc. are good to have.

● Passion for software engineering and follow the best coding concepts. ● Good to great problem solving and communication skills.

Nice to have Qualifications

● Product and customer-centric mindset.

● Great OO skills, including design patterns.

● Experience with devops, continuous integration & deployment.

● Exposure to big data technologies, Machine Learning and NLP will be a plus.

Benefits

● Competitive salary.

● Work from anywhere.

● Learning and gaining experience rapidly.

● Reimbursement for basic working set up at home.

● Insurance (including a top up insurance for COVID).

Location

Remote - work from anywhere

💥 What will you do?

As a Backend Engineer, you will

• Create and maintain server-side code
• Designing database schemas to support business requirements
• Building reusable code and libraries for future use
• Troubleshoot and debug applications
• Write unit tests
• Stay up to date with current best practices
• Collaborate with front end engineers
• Optimization of the application for maximum speed and scalability
• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data, and Design teams to assist with web-application-related technical issues and support their requirements.

🙋 What are we looking for? 

While we do not have a strict list of requirements for candidates interested in this role, some indicators that you would fit this role and our engineering culture are 

• 2+ years of relevant work experience as a Backend engineer using Python frameworks like Django, Flask, etc
• Experience with relational databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Good understanding of OOP concepts
• Understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies and platforms, such as JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Experience writing unit tests for the application is a plus
• Experience with building REST APIs
• Superior analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

At Ocean Friends, we are looking to positively impact the lives of families dealing with chronic health conditions through technology. We are looking for self-driven, and motivated Software Engineers with intent and ability to work across a variety of technology problems, including, but not limited to Mobile app development, AI/ML, and User experience.

• Experience 4 – 5 years
• Good in Backend Springboot
• write Rest API (Should be strong in this area)
• Good Analytical ability, Good coding practice, Knowledge of Spring Security (Desirable),
• UI Knowledge of Angular (Average knowledge should be enough)